Device for loading logs on wagons



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J. T. BOND. v

DEVICE FOR LOADING LOGS ON WAGONS. N0. 329,704.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN THOMAS BOND, OF LITTLE LOT, TENNESSEE.

DEVICE FOR LOADING LOGS ON WAGONS.

fiPIElCIPICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 329,704, datedNovember 3, 1885.

Application filed August 31,1885.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN T. BOND, of Little Lot, in the county ofHickman and State of Tennessee, have invented certain newand usefulImprovements in Devices for Loading Logs on \Vagons; and I do herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description ofthe invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, and inwhich Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved log-loading device.Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical sectional view of the same, and Fig. 3is aplan view showing the device in position for operation.

The same letters refer to the same parts in all the figures.

This invention relates to devices for rolling or loading logs uponwagons; and it has for its object to provide a device of this classwhich may be easily and conveniently manipulated, and which shallpossess superior advantages in point of simplicity, durability, andgeneral efficiency.

With these ends in view it consists in the improved construction andarrangement of parts,which will be hereinafter fully described, andparticularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings hereto annexed, A desig nates a heavy and strong beam,which is rounded for the greater portion of its length, as shown, so asto form a shaft, on which is journaled a revolving drum, B, which isheld in place by means of a transverse pin,O. The beam A is providednear its ends with hooks or staples D D, to which are attached chains EE. The said beam A is also provided, near the ends of the drum, withdownwardly-extending hooks F, to which the free ends of the said chainsmay be made fast, as will be hereinafter set forth. The drum B isprovided at one end with a ratchet-wheel, F, engaging a dog or pawl, G,of suitable construction, which is hinged or pivoted to the shaft A; andthe said drum is provided with a circumferential series of mortises orrecesses, H H, adapted to receive the end of an operatinglever, I,

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whereby the said drum may be turned or manipulated. The drum is alsoprovided with two or more metallic hoops or bands, J J, which performthe-double function of strengthening the said drum and preventing itfrom splitting, and of confining and guiding the rope or chain K, whichis wound upon the drum, to which one of its ends is permanently attachedin any suitable manner, as may be seen at L.

In operation, the lumber-wagon, which is shown at M in Fig. 3, isarranged parallel to and at a suitable distancefrom thelog N, which isto be loaded thereon, and skids or beams are then arranged, as shown atO O, with their ends resting in stirrups P P, which are attached to theupper sides of the rims of the wagon-wheels. The end of the rope orchain K is then passed over the wagon and over the log and around thelog and attached to the coupling-pole of the wagon, as will be seen inFig. 3. The drum is then revolved by means of the operating-lever, thuswinding the rope or chain K thereon and rolling the log up the skids andonto the wagon. The dog or pawl. G,engaging the ratchets upon the end ofthe drum, will prevent the latter from turning in a reverse directionwhen the oper ating-lever is shifted from one mortise into another.

During operation the device will be arranged with the ends of the beamor shaft A resting on the hubs of the wheels of the lumher-wagon on theopposite side of the log, and it is retained securely in position bypassing the chains E E around the hubs and spokes, and attaching theirfree ends to the hooks F.

When desired, more than one rope K may be used; but this will be left tothe option of the operator.

The work is light and simple, and may be easily performed by one man.

Having thus described my invention, Iclaim and desire to secure byLetters Patent of the United States 1. In a device for rolling logs ontowagons, the combination of a beam or shaft, a drum journaled on thesame, and provided with notches or mortises to receive anoperating-lever, and having a ratchet-wheel at one end, a dog or pawlhinged to the beam or shaft and engaging the said ratchet-wheel, theropes or chains having one end attached to the said drum, hooks orstaples at the ends of the beam or shaft, chains attached to the same,and hooks extending downwardly from the said beam or shaft near the endsof the drum, all arranged and operating substantially as and for thepurpose herein set forth.

2. In a device for rolling logs onto Wagons, the combination, with asuitable beam or shaft, of a drum arranged to revolve upon the same,

Witnesses:

JNo. T. WALKER, ALLEN THOMPSON.

